5 Northeast Metro Deanery Catechist Formation Day Saturday, Feb. 4, St. John Neumann Parish All adults in the parish are invited to attend the Northeast Deanery Catechist Formation Day on Saturday, Feb. 4th at St. John Neumann parish. (Holy Cross is a part of the Northeast Metro Deanery). The keynote speaker is Fr. Wayne Cavalier from the Aquinas Center at Emory University. The cost for the day is $10.00 and includes lunch. A registration form can be picked up from the Religious Education Office and returned by Sunday, Jan 22nd or online at ongoingformation.html. (If registering online make sure to mark the Feb. 4th date) This is a wonderful opportunity for adults to grow in their Catholic faith and network with other Catholics from our deanery. Baptism Class January 2012 If you are interested in baptizing your child in the early part of 2012 or are expecting a child, we invite you to join our next baptism class scheduled for Saturday, January 14, 9:00am 11:00am in the Assembly Room. For more information or to sign-up, please contact Penny Lampe at the church office at Active Parenting of Teens Grace and Growth Counseling Center is offering Active Parenting of Teens, a 4-session program packed with activities, video and discussion. You'll learn a proven approach to parenting, plus indispensable techniques and insights for overcoming obstacles that will bring happiness and harmony into your home. Active Parenting of Teens will be held at Holy Spirit Catholic Church on these Sundays: January 22 and 29, February 5 and 12, 2012 from 3 to 5 p.m. The cost for all four sessions is $ per couple or $65.00 per individual and is inclusive of a book. Limited childcare is available by reservation only. Registration is required by January 18. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. For more information or to register please contact Linda Sweeney at or Parish Electronic Newsletter Do you know that the parish has a weekly newsletter? If you are not yet signed up to receive it, go to our Holy Cross Website: and click on the link at the bottom of the left hand column that says "Sign up for our newsletter" Parish Life Get Fit for 2012 Join Sister Marilyn for some stretching and strengthening exercises each Monday & Wednesday in the Parish Hall from 10:00 a.m. -11:00a. m. These are gentle workouts to improve mobility and flexibility. For additional information, please call Sister Marilyn at KC January Breakfast The next Knights of Columbus second Sunday breakfast will be held today in the Parish Hall following the 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. Masse s. Proceeds from second Sunday breakfasts are used to support specific charitable events throughout the year. You also may bring your old eyeglasse s/hearing aids/cellphones which will be collected for charity at this time. In addition, winter clothing items, particularly gloves and sweatshirts, which are in great need, will be collected and provided to the Friends of St. Martin de Porres for distribution to the needy and homeless. Thank you for your attendance and support. Happy New Year to all for a great Social Justice Ministry Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 17 at 7pm in Room 15 of the School of Religion. Everyone is invited to attend. Reaching Out The Holy Cross Reaching Out Newsletter will be published and inserted in your bulletin next weekend, January 14 & 15th. Calendars The 2012 Holy Cross calendars are now available. Boxes with calendars are located by the church doors. Please take one calendar per family. Respect Life Memorials All are invited to attend the events commemorating the thirty-ninth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court rulings of January 22, 1973 that legalized abortion in America, including the Annual Mass for the Unborn on Monday, January 23, 2012 to be concelebrated by Archbishop Gregory and priests of the archdiocese at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. In addition, high school students are invited to join Bishop Luis Zarama for the Rise Up For Life Lock-In Sunday-Monday, January For a complete schedule, please contact the archdiocesan Respect Life Ministry at , or go to ministries/respectlife/jan22.html Bulletin Submission Information: Bulletin content must be received in the parish office no later than Friday at 4:00pm of the week prior to publication. Please your submissions to Thanks! 5

6 Enrolment requirements for children within our Catholic schools The Archdiocese requirements for children to be eligible for enrollment in and/or receive financial assistance from the Catholic Schools requires a parish verification form be completed yearly. This form asks the pastor the following questions: Catholic Day at the Capitol Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Georgia State Capitol Fifth Annual Catholic Day at the Capitol. Faith in Action with The Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory, Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta. The Archdiocese of Atlanta and Diocese of Savannah invite Georgia Catholics to the State Capitol in Atlanta to exercise our baptismal call as advocates for public policy that protects those who are vulnerable and promotes the common good. National Migration Week is January The theme this year is Welcoming Christ in the Migrant. Just as Christ s disciples met him in the guise of a stranger on the road to Emmaus, we are asked to remember that Christ meets us in the stranger, the lonesome traveler, the newcomer and the migrant. We are called to provide hospitality, welcome and acceptance to those people who find themselves far away from home. Is the family registered in the parish? Parish registration forms are available from our welcome desk and from our website. Is the family contributing financially to the parish? We can only verify this, if you regularly use contribution envelopes or checks, which allow us to properly record a family s contribution. Is the family involved in parish ministry? This refers to a family s involvement in ministries in the church (Time & Talent). Whether you serve in a regular ministry like Coffee & Donuts or a once a year ministry like Kaleidoscope your service to church ministries will be necessary for the pastor to honestly fulfill this requirement. Requisitos de Matrícula en Esculas Catolicas El Arquidiócesis de Atlanta require que todos los niños que quieran ser parte o quieran recibir bequas de escuelas catolicas, llenen una verificion de la parroquia anualmente. Este formulario le pide informacion al pastor de la parroquia sobre las siguientes preguntas: Es la familia registrada en la parroquia? Formularios de inscripción para nuestra parroquia están disponibles en nuestro excritorio de recepcion o de nuestro website. La familia contribuye financieramente a la parroquia? Sólo podemos comprobar esto, si utiliza los sobres de contribución o cheques, regularmente. Los sobres nos permiten grabar, correctamente, la contribución de la familia. La familia participa en los ministerios de la parroquia? Esto se refiere a la participación de la familia en ministerios en la Iglesia (tiempo y talento). Si usted sirve en nu ministerio regularmente o una vez al año, su servicio a los ministerios de la iglesias serán necesario para que el pastor pueda honestamente cumplir con este requisito. Si tiene alguna pregunta acerca de estos requisitos, por favor llame a la Oficina en Bulletin Submission Information: Bulletin content must be received in the parish office no later than Friday at 4:00pm of the week prior to publication. Please your submissions to Thanks! 6

7 Coffee & Donuts Ministry The Coffee and Donuts Ministry will take a short break and resume on Sunday, January 18th.. Advent Giving Tree A heartfelt thank you to everyone who so generously brought gifts for our Giving Tree. This year we were able to help twelve families in our community identified through St. Vincent de Paul. Hundreds of children received toys through Caminar Latina, Missionaries of Charity and the Lilburn Co-op Ministry and we provided diapers and infant clothes to Respect Life and Pregnancy Crisis Centers in Atlanta. Through your generosity the homeless have been helped with gloves, sweatshirts and socks through St Martin de Porres. Thank you and may God bless you for your willingness to share with those less fortunate. STM School Open House St. Thomas More Catholic School will hold its annual Open House Monday, January 23rd at 7pm in Mulhern Hall. Come and learn about our school, meet our faculty and staff, and see why so many people want a STM education for their children. St. Thomas More, serving grades K-8, is located at 636 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur, GA For more information check out the STM website at or the school at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School Open House Immaculate Heart of Mary School (IHM) invites all prospective K-8 students and their parents to attend Open House on Sunday, January 22, from 3:00-5:00 pm. A special presentation will be given at 3:15 pm. Come enjoy this opportunity to meet teachers and administrators, tour the campus, and learn why IHM is a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. For more information contact Julie Tooher, Admissions Director, at or visit our website at THE MARIST SCHOOL EVENING SERIES Marist School will once again be offering some adult education classes this winter. Courses av ailable in religion/spirituality, art and photography, computer applications, literature, college admissions process, parenting skills, history, f ootball talk, CPR certif ication and more. Three Monday Evenings: Jan 23rd, Jan 30th, and Feb 6th (7 9P.M.) Registration begins Dec 1st. Register by Jan 13th to get the Early Bird price. All the details are on line: In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35) STREET PEOPLE S SHOW This year, we re asking you to think: BIG!!! This year s show (February 2012) benefiting the homeless and needy of Atlanta will be: big, the musical Based on the 1988 movie starring Tom Hanks as a 12 year -old boy wishing to be big, the Broadway musical features fun, energetic and youthful songs and dances a live Zoltar machine, and the BIGGEST piano onstage you ve ever seen! Ads are now being taken for big, the Holy Cross Theatre Ministry s 2012 musical production. Please contact Elaine McNeil at for more information. The dates of the musical production are February 3, 4, and 5; February 10, 11 and 12. 7

8 Families in Faith- Feast of the Epiphany Christmas may already seem like a fading memory. The New Year has been rung in, and with its celebration, the official end of the official holiday season. Yet for the Church we are only in the second Sunday of the Christmas season. Today s celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany is actually the oldest of all Christmas celebrations. The celebration of the birth of our Lord found its first mention in connection with the existing celebration in the Eastern Church of the visit of the Magi. For many years this Epiphany Feast was the principle celebration of Jesus birth in the Church. In our communities today, this feast is often an afterthought, and it is difficult for us to muster the energy to celebrate it with vigor. Yet it is a feast worthy of our energy and attention. The visit of the Magi is found in only one of the Gospels St. Matthew s. Popular legends have given specific number, names and ranks to the wise men. They have even been transformed into royalty and kings and given a carol of their own. Scripture, however, is very silent on the identities of these men, giving neither an exact number, nor names, or nationalities. The one thing Scripture does detail is their passion for finding the promised child. This passion led them to travel as foreigners through dangerous lands. It led them to confront and then confound a mad king. It led them to a common stable and left them with a paradox, which haunted them for life a savior king in stable straw. The feast of the Epiphany asks us if we have a similar passion to find this child now reigning King. Are we willing to go and search diligently? This feast of the Epiphany won't allow us to wrap up and put Christmas away like a decoration in our lives. It presents a picture of travelers with the gifts of themselves to offer a child-king and asks us if we as families might be magi of our own days searching with passion and with our very lives for more than the child who brings salvation but for the King of Kings, our Lord, our savior, our brother Jesus. Candles of Innocence Respect Life BLUE for all w ho support abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, the death penalty or other destruction of human life. RED for all those running for government offices. RESPECT LIFE A society is truly human w hen w ithout reservations it protects and respects the dignity of every person from conception until the moment of his or her natural death. How ever, should it decide to "get rid" of its members in the greatest need of protection,...it w ould be behaving in a profoundly inhuman and also distorted manner w ith regard to the equality---obvious to every person of good w ill----of the dignity of all people, in all the stages of life. POPE BENEDICT XVI, address to the Hon. Reinhard Schw eppe, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Holy See, 7 Nov Respect Life Ministry This ministry s purpose is to provide leadership and education on Respect Life issue s. The Candle of Innocence burns for a week on the Blessed Mother s Altar in the Chapel for personal intentions. Proceeds from the Candle of Innocence and Respect Life Gift Shop go to Respect Life. Key Contact: Norma Matthews, Que es el Ministerio de Respeto a la Vida? El ministerio de Respeto a la Vida ofrece atención spiritual y educación relacionado con el respeto a la vida y a la dignidad de la persona. Las Velas de la Inocensia queman por una semana en el altar de nuestra Madre Santisima en la capilla. Ganacias de las Velas de la Inocensia y de la tienda de el ministerio de Respeto a la Vida benefician el ministerio de Respeto a la Vida. Para mas informacion contactar Norma Matthews, , 8

9 RELIGIOUS HOLY CROSS Faith Matters: Find your faith footing in the new year. Join Faith Matters on Sunday mornings, 10:30 to 11:25. Dr. Phillip Thompson, Director of the Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University, speaks on the famous Cistercian monk, Thomas Merton. January 15 & 22 Wednesday Scripture Study Scripture Study, an in-depth study of the following Sunday s readings, meets on Wednesdays at 10:30am and 7:45pm in rooms 7 & 8 of the School of Religion. For additional information, please Louanne Bachner at Adult Confirmation Class Adult Confirmation class begins Monday, January 9th and will run every other Monday night through March 19th (class from 7-9pm in room 16.) Confirmation is Sunday, April 15th. If you were baptized Catholic and have received both Reconciliation and Communion and are in good standing with the church, but have never been Confirmed, this is your opportunity to receive this sacrament. Please call ( ext 233) or to set up a meeting to discuss this option. For more information about any of our Religious Education programs please contact: Director of Religious Education, Barb Garvin, Ext. 233, Coordinator of Elementary Education, Aida Buzetta, Ext. 235, Next Confirmation class January 8th Edge (Middle School) January 8 th Parents and Edge Night Life Teen (High School) January 8 th Life Teen Parents and Youth Elementary Religious Ed Calendar Sundays Jan 8 th class / Family special sacraments Wednesdays Jan 11 th class First Penance Retreat Saturday, January 21 st (9-noon). Meet in Religious Education Building Parents join your teen on Jan 8th during EDGE and Lifeteen for a night of fellowship and prayer. Please bring your families favorite snack or dessert to share. Edge meets at 3:45-5:15pm Lifeteen meets at 6:30-7:30pm in the Parish Hall Questions: Call or Mary Busbee ; 9

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